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Movie Review: ‘Sorry Daddy’ has nothing new to offer. It’s like an old wine packaged in a new bottle

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sorry-daddy

Banner: S. K. Films
Producer: Wasim Khan
Director: Shakoor Sir & Vijay Pal
Star Cast: Shameem Khan, Tinu Verma, Mukesh Tiwari, Raghubir Yadav, Razzak Khan, Shehzad Khan, Gayatri Singh etc
Music: Vishnu Deva & Liyakat Ajmeri

Director duo Shakoor Sir & Vijay Pal have really made a mockery of a good theme in their debut directorial offering Sorry Daddy. Although the age old theme of street children or even the kidnapped ones being forced to beg, after their body parts are mutilated, is nothing new and represented time and again since its 1st attempt in Nanha Farishta.

Sorry Daddy is actually a children’s action drama film set in the early 2014’s. The story centre’s around the turbulent relationship between Inspector Ravi Sharma (Shameem Khan) and the street children, a relationship which is affected by children’s issues with alcohol abuse and temperament. Inspector Ravi Sharma is an honest & intelligent police officer. He burst the racket of Daddan’s (Mukesh Tiwari) illegal wine factory to show his intention against the enemy of law & society. Meanwhile, his daughter Anishka seeks his help to find out her lost school friend Aditya, who is a very bright student but always looks puzzled because of his drunken father who fights with his mother every time. One day the fight takes an ugly turn and father dies accidentally. Aditya runs away from the home in fear. Ravi arrests his mother as murderer and she lands up in prison. Innocent Aditya walks randomly in the city and meets a gang of street beggars who want to help him. But unfortunately, he lands up in the clutches of Sevak Ram (Tinu Verma). Sevak Ram is a socialist who runs a self organization for the betterment of these street children. But the truth is that he makes them handicap and pushes them in begging business.

Sorry to say but Sorry Daddy is the most pathetic film ever made in the history of Indian Cinema. The debutante directors Shakoor Sir & Vijay Pal have failed miserably in delivering the goods. Right from the word go nothing seems to work for this badly presented film. There is just one song which has been repeated throughout the film and it gets on your nerves.

Performance wise senior actors like Tinu Verma, Razzak Khan, Mukesh Tiwari, Shehzad Khan & Raghubir Yadav are mercifully wasted. Even the new actors like Shameem Khan, Gayetri Singh and hordes of others have hammed like nobody’s business. All this new actors especially Shameem Khan are more like mini financiers who finance the films just to satisfy their urge to don the grease paint & face the arc lights. They neither have the talent, the figure or even the looks to be actors. With no screen presence they end up looking more like beggars on the streets.

Tail Piece: Sorry Daddy is a sheer waste of time & energy. So stay miles away from the theatre that still has the daring to screen Sorry Daddy in their cinema halls.

Movie Review: ‘The Silent Heroes’ is the most beautiful & the most sensitive film about people with physical disability

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the silent heroes

Banner: Hans Production & Reality Films
Producer: Mahesh Bhatt & Kamal Birani
Director: Mahesh Bhatt
Star Cast: Maanuv Bharadwaj, Priyanka Panchal, Mann Bagga, Simran Deep, Nirmal Kumar Pant and other real life heroes
Music: Rahul Mishra & Aashish Jha

First things first the debutante director Mahesh Bhatt of The Silent Heroes should not be confused with our erstwhile director Mahesh Bhatt of the Bhatt Empire. The present director Mahesh Bhatt of The Silent Heroes is a journalist turned debutante director. He deserves all kudos for making such a beautiful and sensitive film about people who are battling with their life with all their physical deformity & physical disability intact. And another plus point of The Silent Heroes is that it was shot at the beautiful locales of the Himalayan Mountains Of Uttarkhand.

So The Silent Heroes is an adventure drama movie following the story of 13 real life deaf children. In fact The Silent Heroes showcases the fictional story of 13 deaf children from a school in Uttarkhand who want to work on something which will bring them respect and the world will look up to them. This school is run by 2 teachers who feel that if these children become mountaineers then their dream to rise high above everyone will be realised, after all mountaineering is a difficult sport and attempting the same with deaf children is a much bigger challenge. So the children and their families get excited about this and want to pursue this dream but they need someone to train them and believe in their nearest impossible dream. The rest of the story is of their trainer and his haunting past which compels him to help them, then follows their rigorous training and unfolding events in the Himalaya and rejections by other trainers, their final expedition and then extreme weather and challenges during this expedition with an unexpected & extremely thrilling climax to this expedition and their dream journey through the mountains.

Hats off to the producers team of Kamal Birani & Mahesh Bhatt, who incidentally also doubles up as a director, for making such a courageous & awe inspiring film The Silent Heroes minus all the commercial trappings is especially made to boost up the morale and lift up the spirit of the global disabled people. The credit should also be given to the entire cast & crew for being part of such a brilliant film like The Silent Heroes.

Performance wise all the actors like Maanuv Bharadwaj, Priyanka Panchal, Mann Bagga, Simran Deep, Nirmal Kumar Pant etc and even the real life characters are brilliantly outstanding.

Tail Piece: The Silent Heroes is certainly a not to be missed film at any cost. But how many real takers are there of such good films as most of the audiences are too fond of the regular masala films which are full of naach gaanas & dishoom dishoom.

Movie Review: ‘Hate Story 3’ is the most illogical erotic thriller ever seen on celluloid silver screen

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Hate Story 3

Banner: T – Series
Producer: Bhushan Kumar & Vikram Bhatt
Director: Vishal Pandya
Star Cast: Sharman Joshi, Zarine Khan, Karan Singh Grover, Daisy Shah, Priyanshu Chatterjee et al.
Music: Meet Bros, Baman & Amaal Malik

It’s really true that too many well – known cooks ultimately spoil the broth. In further spoiling the illogical recipe of Hate Story 3, the main chefs (Read the entire team barring the editor & the composers) are producers Bhushan Kumar & Vikram Bhatt, who is also the story writer), director Vishal Pandya in tandem with the rooster of actors (Zarine Khan, Karan Singh Grover, Daisy Shah, Priyanshu Chatterjee et al (barring Sharman Joshi).

The loosely scripted scenario of Hate Story 3 kicks starts with Aditya Diwan (Sharman Joshi) who happens to be a Mumbai-based millionaire having his fingers dipped in many pies. He controls a cola company and owns hotels across the globe and decides to open a super – specialty clinic in tribute to his deceased brother (Priyanshu Chatterjee). He is also married to his brother’s ex girlfriend Siya (Zarine Khan). Just when it looks like he has everything going for him, his whole life turns upside down. As business tycoon Saurabh Singhania (Karan Singh Grover), who likes to stand at the edge of skyscrapers, makes Aditya an ‘indecent proposal’ which involves Siya, immediately triggering a war between the 2 of them. The attacks, counter attacks and many, many bathing scenes forms the rest of the story.

Director Vishal Pandya’s directorial treatment in Hate Story 3, a sequel to Hate Story 2 and a heady cocktailed concoction of several Hollywood flicks, leaves much to be desired. Even otherwise he hardly had anything to do. As the composers, the choreographer, the actors did all the work (by dancing & bathing the moment they get a chance) and then the editor putting everything together in a racy & presentably watchable form.

Performance wise the entire credit goes only to Sharman Joshi who succeeds in delivering the goods amidst the entire confusion confounding situation. The 2 heroines Zarine Khan & Daisy Shah are the best bathing show pieces that Bollywood must have ever seen. And what can one say about 2 of the most stiff & wooden albeit zombie oriented act of Karan Singh Grover, he was good only in the one minute long shot on the hospital bed, & Priyanshu Chatterjee.

Tail Piece: The serialized sequels of Hate Story’s will continue emerging from the House of T – Series. Don’t bother just avoid it and if at all you are tempted to watch just have fun and don’t take it seriously.

Movie Review: ‘In The Heart Of The Sea’ is an absolutely boring fare

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Producer: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Will Ward, Joe Roth & Paula Weinstein
Director: Ron Howard
Star Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cilian Murphy, Tom, Holland,& Ben Gleeson
Genre: Adventure
Verdict: POOR

Plot: In 1820, the whaling ship Essex is crewed by Captain George Pollard Jr 1st officer, Owen Chase 2nd officer Matthew Joy, and cabin boy Thomas Nickerson. During their voyage, the ship is sunk when it is rammed & split in half by a very large & enraged bull sperm whale, ultimately leaving its crew shipwrecked at sea for 90 days and more than a thousand miles away from the land. After the attack, the crew sails for South America and is forced to resort to Cannibalism.

Aces: It’s the directorial treatment of Ron Howard and the performances of the principal actors that saves the day and makes the movie watchable to some extent.

Minuses: The loose screenplay & some of the repetitive scenes when the ship is at sea and especially when it is sinking. And also the editing could have been crisper.

Last Word: There is nothing new that we have not seen before but of course the lovers of adventure may get hooked by its grandeur.

Movie Review: ‘Tamasha’ is like a one big tight slap on viewer’s face

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Banner: Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Producer: Sajid Nadiadwala
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Star Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Javed Sheikh, Vivek Mushran, Nikhil Bhagat, Faraaz Servaia, Punam Singh, Piyush Mishra et al.
Music: A R Rahman

Director Imtiaz Ali’s last fame to glory was a Randeep Hooda & Alia Bhatt starrer Highway. It had garnered rave reviews in tandem with a decent commercial success. But his latest uptake in Tamasha, director Imtiaz Ali indeed seems to be living in a fool’s paradise as he has ended up making a fool of the entire fraternity of viewers who have dared to witness this unnecessary & uncalled for tamasha. The movie Tamasha is like one big tamacha (tight slap) on the audiences face. Need I say anything more?

The plotted scenario of Tamacha starts off with the onstage robotic ‘introduction’ of Ved Vardhan Sahni (Ranbir Kapoor). The story then gets into a flashback mode wherein the audiences are introduced to the childhood of Ved, who gets mesmerized & enchanted by stories. The ‘impact’ of these stories told during his childhood is so huge that it starts hampering his ‘corporate life’. The story then takes the viewers to Corsica, the place that he chooses to break free from his routine stereotyped life. It is here where he meets Tara Maheshwari (Deepika Padukone), an ‘Asterix’ crazy Indian who gets stranded in Corsica because of her lost baggage. When Ved & Tara meet, they get into an agreement that they will refrain from asking each other’s personal details and that whatever they tell each other will be only lies, and lastly, ‘what happens in Corsica, stays in Corisca’. That’s why they decide to become ‘Don’ & ‘Mona Darling’ respectively. Thus continues their journey of break free & unknown identities. And if you are still curious of what Tamacha is all about, go take a stroll in your nearest multiplex.

Director Imtiaz Ali has displayed his poorest directorial prowess in the entire span of his illustrated & checkered directorial career. The movie Tamasha lacks the punch due to its confusingly contrived storyline. One song “Matarghasti” is catchy & hummable otherwise Allah Rakha Rahman’s music is too disappointing to say the least. Need anything more be said.

Performance wise Ranbir Kapoor surprises everyone with his effortless histrionics. For a change once again Ranbir Kappor’s on screen chemistry with Deepika Padukone is electrifying. Deepika Padukone has also delivered a commendable performance. While the other actors like Javed Sheikh, Vivek Mushran, Nikhil Bhagat, Faraaz Servaia, Punam Singh, Piyush Mishra et al are adequate in their respective roles.

Tail Piece: Tamasha should be strictly avoided if you don’t wish to end up loving in a fool’s paradise.

Movie Review: ‘Spectre’ is strictly recommended only for the diehard James Bond fans

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Spectre

Banner: Eon Production
Producer: Michael G. Wilson & Barbara Broccoli
Director: Sam Mendes
Star Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Dave Bautista, Monica Bellucci, Ralph Fiennes et al
Music: Thomas Newman

Director Sam Mendes has carried forward the legacy of the James Bond franchise in Spectre, the 24th instalment. To say that it is one of the costliest film ever made in this series would be an understatement. As usual it features Daniel Craig as the suave, gun totting, gentleman James Bond. And the additional inclusion is of actors like Christopher Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Dave Bautista & Andrew Scott. But sadly speaking this 24th instalment comes up as one of the biggest disappointing fare.

The plotted scenario of Spectre starts off with a cryptic message from the past that sends Bond (Daniel Craig) on a rogue mission to Mexico City, where he meets Lucia (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful & the forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting & uncovers the existence of the sinister organization known as SPECTRE. Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre of National Security, questions Bond’s actions and challenges the relevance of MI6 led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) & Q (Ben Whishaw) to help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of the assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. As Bond ventures towards the heart of Spectre, he learns a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks.
Director Sam Mendes in this particular, the 24th instalment of James Bond namely Spectre, seems to have missed the true spirit of the 007 Bond man. No doubt the film has been lavishly mounted but it is still devoid of the soul of the earlier James Bond films.

Performance wise Daniel Craig as the main protagonist focuses more on the interpersonal relationship that his character has developed over the years. No doubt he has enacted his role with finesse but the presentation of his character leaves a lot to be desired. While Christopher Walts as Bond’s arch nemesis Blofeld is not up to the mark. And Lea Seydoux springs a surprise with her sincere act. That apart Andrew Scott is perfect in his character of C. Besides all applause is also due to Dave Bautista for his brilliance oriented action role which also proves to be the one & the only highlight of the film.

Tail Piece: Spectre is strictly recommended only for the diehard James Bond Franchise fans. But of course Spectre is worth a watch, for one & all, at least once. Period!

Movie Review: ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ is a perfect family entertainer. So what if it defies all logic

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Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

Banner: Rajshree Productions
Producer: Ajit Kumar Barjatya, Kamal Kumar Barjatya & Raj Kumar Barjatya
Director: Sooraj R. Barjatya Cast: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher, Swara Bhaskar, Armaan Kohli, Aashika Bhatia, Deepak Dobriyal, Samaira Rao, Sanjay Mishra, S. M. Zaheer, Lata Sabharwal, Suhasini Mulay et al Music: Himesh Reshammiya

Salman Khan & Sooraj Barjatya go a long way from ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ to ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ en route ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’ & ‘Hum Aapke Hai Kaun’. In fact Sallu Miyan is back again to steal the audiences hearts with his double role as Prem & Sooraj in ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’. While Sooraj Barjatya has already created history with films like ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’, ‘Hum Aapke Hai Kaun’ & ‘Hum Saath Saath Hai’, ‘Vivaah’, ‘Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi’ Sooraj Barjatya is returning to direction after 9 years. To be frank ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ is a complete family drama with all emotions intact.

Prem Dilwale (Salman Khan) is a happy go lucky stage actor who falls in love with Princess Maithili (Sonam Kapoor) of Devgarh. He admires her charitable activities and sets off on a journey to meet her. Maithili’s fiancé Prince Vijay Singh (Salman Khan) of Pritampur is soon to be crowned as king. Being an arrogant person he faces many problems with Maithili and his family. His step sisters Rajkumari Chandrika (Swara Bhaskar) & Rajkumari Radhika (Aashika Bhatia) too are upset with him and stays in a separate house away from the palace. His step brother Prince Ajay Singh (Neil Nitin Mukesh) hates him to the core and plans an attack on him with the help of his CEO Chirag Singh (Armaan Kohli). To save the palace prestige Diwan saheb (Anupam Kher) a loyal servant of the palace gets Prem to take Prince’s place in order to save him. Prem Dilwale vows to return the happiness of this broken family overcoming all the bitterness & hatred they have for one another.

Mounted on a very lavish scale in all aspects & respects music is the strongest point of the film. The semi – tradional tunes in lieu with the songs bring the melodious feel of the 80’s & the 90’s. The cinematographer V. Manikandan has done a perfect job. Kudos to Sooraj Barjatya for doing an outstanding job of displaying his near perfect directional skills. Well Sooraj Barjatya has made a perfect family entertainer.
So what if it defies all logic.

Performance wise Salman Khan has proved once again especially after ‘Tere Naam’ & ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ that he is an uncrowned king of histrionics. Sonam Kapoor looks & appears as a sensational stunning beauty and perhaps that was all that was expected of her. Deepak Dobriyal is totally mesmerising. While Neil Nitin Mukesh, Armaan Kohli & Swara Bhaskar are apt in their respective roles.

Tail Piece: ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ is like a double whammy for Salman Khan fans just like his currently on air show namely ‘Big Boss 9 Double Trouble’ and is stricly recommended mainly for die hard Sallu Miyan fans.

Movie Review: ‘Yaara Silly Silly’ is a bold love story

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Yaara Silly Silly

Producers: Bharat Bhushan Suri & Subhash Sehgal
Director: Subhash Sehgal
Star Cast: Parambhrata Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Vidya Malvade, Parth Suri, Eva Grover, Sukhwinder Chahal & Zafar Dillon
Genre: Rom-Com
Verdict: GOOD

Plot: Yaara Silly Silly showcases a bold romantic comedy born in bed. Yes! You read it right. Soumitro Roy (Parambrata Chatterjee), is a young man who ends up at a brothel with his friends where he meets Mallika (Paoli Dam), a prostitute. When they meet on the 1st night Soumitro Roy is a naïve young man. On the other hand Mallika is a crude prostitute. The 2nd time they meet by chance almost after a gap of 5 long years Soumitra Roy is a married & wisened man and Mallika…….! Love blossoms between the duo.

Aces: Director Subhash Seghal certainly deserves an applause for tackling such a bold & off beat theme of prostitute and her customer which changes her life completely. And both Paoli Dam & Parambhrata Chatterjee have delivered a credibly convicing performance by literally living their roles.

Minuses: The in your face cuss words galore does irritates one a lot and even tends to get on your nerves after a certain point.

Last Word: Yara Silly Silly is a classy film. At the box office turnstiles its future seems bleak but it is bound to create ripples of waves in the festival circuit. Period!

Movie Review: ‘Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein’ is an absolutely clueless movie

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Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein

Producer: Karan Arora & Picture Thought Production
Director: Manish Srivastav
Star Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Disha Arora, Amit Sial, Auroshikha Dey, Sandeep Vasudevan, Siraj Mustafa etc
Genre: Thriller
Verdict: POOR

Plot: A big delivery of ‘Charlie’ is hijacked, and the ‘bhai – log’ behind it want their ‘powder’ and the people whodunit. Naseer plays the investigating cop, as he & his colleagues sift through some incriminating ‘found footage’ of a bunch of young people sniping at each other in some kind of an underground den with graffiti scrawled on it, and bodies sprawled in it.

Aces: The sole performance Of Naseerruddin Shah as Addl. Commissioner of Police.

Minuses: Most of the other actors have been reduced to caricatures so no wonder they have just sleep walked through the whole film.

Last Word: Drugs, sex, gangsters, youngsters & above all cops. But the mix up of all this hardly gives a feeling of a good film. The entire film is clueless and leaves the audiences frantically hunting for the non – existent storyline.

Movie Review: ‘Wedding Pullav’ is so stale it leaves a bad taste in your mouth

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Wedding Pullav

Producer: Shashi Ranjan & Anu Ranjan
Director: Binod Pradhan
Cast: Diganth Manchale, Anushka Ranjan, Karan Singh Grover, Sonalli Sehgall & Rishi Kapoor
Music: Salim – Suleiman & Rohit R. Kulkarni

Perhaps cinematographer turned debutante director Binod Pradhan had no clue that his debut directorial offering ‘Wedding Pullav’ will turn out to be such a tasteless recipe which will not be liked by the audiences at all. As nothing can be done to make this dish palatable.

The plotted scenerio kicks off with the engagement ceremony of the ‘affordable dream bike engineer’ Aadi (Diganth Manchale) alongwith Rhea (Sonalli Sehgall). Despite being his engagement day, Aadi is not completely happy, as his eyes yearns to see his London based best friend ‘Lambu’ aka Anushka (Anushka Ranjan), who had promised that, come what may, she will attend his engagement ceremony. Merely a few minutes before the ring ceremony enters Anushka in a typical filmi band-baaja style. Rhea, who hails from an estranged family (with Parmeet Sethi as her father and Kitu Gidwani as her mother) gets introduced to Aadi’s ‘best friend’ Anushka. The grand wedding is all set to take place in Thailand. Seizing the right opportunity, Anushka announces to Aadi and his gang that she is dating a London based painter Jay (Karan Grover), who does nude paintings of women for a living. Even though Aadi pretends to be really happy with the news, deep down he starts yearning to be with Anushka. Thanks to a sudden brainwave by the elders in the family, it then gets decided that Anushka and Jay also should get married alongwith Aadi and Rhea in Thailand.

Although Binod Pradhan has selected a wrong project like ‘Wedding Pullav’ as his debut directorial venture he has indeed tried his best to infuse some sparkling interest but all in vain. Need we say anything more.

Performances wise débutante actors both Diganth Manchale & Anushka Ranjan have to seriously hone up their acting skills to survive in this over competitive showbiz world. Even the other actors have failed miserably to leave a worthwhile impact.

This ‘Wedding Biryani’ oops ‘Wedding Pullav’ is so stale it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

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